AMENDED CLAIMS

received by the International Bureau on 26 November 2014 (26.1 1.2014)

X. A user interface for use with a food preparation apparatus having a food preparation chamber, at least one controller, and multiple food preparation environment control devices responsive to the controller to adjust a food

preparation environment in the food preparation chamber, the user interface permitting a user to program a food preparation recipe to be executed by the food preparation apparatus such that the controller controls the food . preparation environment control devices according to the recipe, the user interface including

a user input for programming the recipe, the user input being configured for receiving at least one parameter for controlling at least one of the food preparation environment control devices, the at least one parameter defining an

operational state of the at least one food preparation

environment control device, and

a graphical display operatively connected to the user input and configured to, before execution of the programmed recipe,- display as a graph representations of operational states of th« multiple food preparation environment control devices with respect to time according to the programmed recipe.

2, A user interface as set forth in claim 1 wherein the user input includes at least one actuator for receiving the at least one parameter, and the user interface further comprises a recipe program screen, the at least one actuator and the graphical representation being shown on the recipe program screen at the same time.

3. A user interface as set forth in claim 1 wherein the user interface comprises a touch screen including the user input and the graphical display. 2

4. A user interface as set forth in claim 1 wherein the user input includes a parameter value display and an associated actuator for adjusting a parameter value displayed on the parameter value display.

5. A user interface as set forth in claim 1 wherein the graphical display updates the graph in real time according to ,at least one parameter received by the user input.

6. A user interface as set forth in claim 1 wherein the user input is configured for receiving multiple parameters for controlling the at least one food preparation environment control device, the user input including color indicators associated with respective parameters, and the graphical display displaying on the graph representations of operational states associated with the parameters using color corresponding to respective color indicators.

7. A user interface as set forth in claim 1 wherein the operational states are representative of whether the food preparation environment control devices are active or inactive,

8. A user interface as set forth in claim 1 wherein the user input permits the user to input parameters associated with different functions of the food preparation apparatus to be performed during the recipe, and the graphical display display;; separately on the graph representations of operational states of food preparation environment control devices of the food preparation apparatus associated with different functions of the food preparation apparatus.

9. A user interface as set forth in claim 1 wherein the user input permits the user to input parameters associated with 3

humidification and venting functions of the food preparation apparatus to be performed during the recipe, and the graphical display displays separately on the graph representations of operational states of the food preparation environment control devices of the food preparation apparatus associated with the humidification and venting functions.

10. A user interface as set forth in claim 1 wherein the graphical display displays on the graph overlapping durations of operational states of the food preparation environment control devices.

11. A user interface as set forth in claim 1 wherein the graph displayed by the graphical display includes a bar graph including representations of operational states of the food preparation environment control devices with respect to time.

12. A user interface as set forth in claim 1 further comprising a recipe run screen, the recipe run screen including a countdown time display and an operational status, indicator, the countdown time display counting down recipe time, and the operational status indicator indicating an operational state of at least one food preparation environment control device corresponding to the countdown time displayed by the countdown time display.

13. A user interface as set forth in claim 12 wherein th«s operational status indicator includes different states

representing respective active and inactive states of the food preparation environment control device.

14. A user interface as set forth in claim 12 wherein tha user input includes a color indicator associated with the at least one parameter, and wherein the operational status 4

indicator of the run screen is illuminated in a color

corresponding to the color indicator of the user input for indicating an operational state of the associated food

preparation environment control device.

15. A user interface as set forth in claim 1 in

combination with the controller.

16. A user interface as set forth in claim 15 in

combination with the food preparation chamber.

17. A method of programming a food preparation apparatus to execute a food preparation recipe, the food preparation apparatus having multiple food preparation environment control devices_/ the method including

providing a user interface for programming the recipe, receiving via the user interface at least one parameter for controlling at least one of the food preparation environment control devices, the at least one parameter defining an

operational state of the at least one food preparation

environment control device, and

displaying a graph on the user interface including

representations of operational states of the multiple food preparation environment control devices with respect to time according to the recipe.

18. A method as set forth in claim 17 wherein the at least one parameter is received and the graph is displayed on the us«;r interface on a recipe program screen, the recipe program screen permitting a user to input the at least one parameter and view the graph at the same time.

19. A method as set forth in claim 17 wherein receiving the at least one parameter includes receiving a parameter values 5

via an actuator of the user interface and displaying the parameter value on a parameter value display associated with the actuator .

20. A method as set forth in claim 17 wherein receiving at least one parameter comprises receiving multiple parameters and displaying the graph comprises displaying on the graph

representations of operational states associated with input parameters using colors corresponding to color indicators on the user interface associated with respective parameters.

21. A method as set forth in claim 17 wherein the

operational states are representative of whether the food preparation environment control devices are active or inactive,

22. A food preparation apparatus comprising

a food preparation chamber,

at least one controller,

multiple food preparation environment control devices responsive to the controller to adjust a food preparation environment in the food preparation chamber,

a user interface permitting a user to program a food preparation recipe to be executed by the food preparation apparatus such that the controller controls the food preparation environment control devices according to the recipe, the user interface including

a user input for programming the recipe, the user input being configured for receiving at least one parameter for controlling at least one of the food preparation environment control devices, the at least one parameter defining an operational state of the at least one food preparation environment control device, and

a graphical display operatively connected to the user input and configured to, before execution of the programmed 6

recipe, display as a graph representations of operational states of the multiple food preparation environment control devices with respect to time according to the programmed recipe.